The Best Birthday In 4 Years of College!

So here I'm, finally posting my second blog.
After all there had to be some way to recollect today’s events. So two alternatives came to my mind.
The first option was to make a video of myself detailing my birthday in a soliloquy. The second and the more appealing alternative was to write a blog. After all this time of telling myself to write a blog and listning nikki (nikhil’s name coined be me) make comments on my Gtalk status message (Read My first blog…) I thought it’s the most opportune time to finally write my second blog.
I’ll keep it short and crisp this time. (Although it was long and delicious the last time I guess :) )
The events are given in order:
1. The Death knell is sounded – its 12:00 AM.
Batti Gul (My floor and Hostel Group) gives me no respite this time. The blows fall hard on me. I keep dancing as well. The dance and beating go well into the night until its 1:30 AM. It’s also Vaibhav Tyagi’s Birthday. Since my first year in college our birthday is celebrated together by Batti Gul. People outside of Batti Gul prefer to wish me later in the day for fear of getting beat up by Batti Gul.
2. We go to Apki Rasoi at 1:45. Today’s special is Dosa in Rasoi. This party is given to Batti Gul by Me and Vaibhav. We return from Apki Rasoi at around 2:45 AM.
3. All this time and through the day I kept getting calls and SMS’s from family and friends.
4. I finally succumb to sleep at 3:30 AM. I sleep with my face down; my body waist down was in deep pain.
5. I wake up at 8:40 AM after getting a series of calls from my family members. Exotics haven’t wished me uptill now. I wonder if they’ve forgotten my Birthday!
6. Went to Mandir at 10 AM with Vaibhav.
7. Went to academic and did some project work with Chetna and Pavit.
8. Came back to room. Had to work but couldn’t. Kept getting calls at short intervals.
9. Went to have lunch with Suvadra and Ruchika at 1:15 PM. Still no contact from Exoticians.
10. Came back to room. Fell sound asleep. Worked for an hour and then went to café at 6:15 PM to give B’day treat to Suvadra, Ruchika and Ana.
11. Came back at 7:15 PM. Worked on Project Report.
12. Biral had gone to Krishna Bakery in Shimla on his bullet to get 2 Birthday Cakes. He came back at 7:30 PM. Gave me and Vaibhav a surprise! We cut the cakes and the Batti Gul gobbled them up.
13. Received a call from Guppy at 8:30 PM. Told him that Exoticians still haven’t wished me.
14. Went to café again to give treat to Chetna and Pavit. Came back at 9:30. Saw Nikki entering Ankur’s room as I was entering mine.
15. At 10 PM a hand opened my room’s door slightly and then Kaka’s head floated in the little gap for a second. He switched off my room’s lights. Then Rishabh, Nikhil, Utkarsh and Ankur and Abhilash came in my room all at once singing Happy Bithday. They had lighted two candles. Rishabh had his Digi Cam with him and he kept taking snapshots like I do (in a frenzy!). They lifted me up. One or two at a time. They continued to sing Happy Birthday for an eternity. They threw me in the air. Kept taking snaps. Then I cut the pastries and everyone dig in. Nikki had to take revenge, so he took one pastry and smeared it in my face. Then there was no stopping him (although Rishabh tried to hold him back, verbally of course). It was ironical. He used all my toothpaste, cream etc. on me! Had he came at 12:00 AM the night before he wouldn’t have found any of those. But they had planned well. A surprise it was. He used moisturizer, toothpaste, powder, 2 shaving creams and many other things which I don’t know of to decorate my hair and face. He then went in a trance and transformed into a Hair Dresser. He kept changing my hairstyle and asked the others to take pictures. You can always find visual proof of the end results of his experiments in the Birthday Pictures.
They once again lighted up a pastry with matchstick. They sang birthday song and threw me in the air a few more times, and then I went to take my partial bath.
16. Finally they departed after leaving me with chocolates and some other goodies.
Some Noteworthy points:
1. Guppy had mistakenly blurted out to me that the Exoticians had not forgotten my Birthday and were upto something when I told him that they hadn’t wished me. Even after that I tried to convince myself that they had actually forgotten my Birthday so as to be surprised when they actually gave me that surprise. It did work to some extent. I do this when someone tells me the story of a movie or a novel. Eventually when I’m into the movie (or today’s Birthday Celebration ) I enjoy it and forget whatever someone had told me earlier.
2. I saw Ana getting pastries packed in café at 9 PM and doubted whether it was meant for me. But I ruled it out so as to enjoy the moment when it presents itself. I saw Kaka for a moment. But then he hid himself. And then I doubted whether it was him that I saw.
Finally in the last few minutes of my birthday (at 11:45 PM) I thanked Ana for being part of the Surprise Birthday Celebration Conspiracy. After all Caesar (Me) is happy in this case and is not dead! :)
I guess the blog isn't short after all.
But I can't help it.
Strictly I'm not a blogger; I'm a writer instead.
:)

Thank you guys for giving me such a wonderful and memorable Birthday Celebration to cherish for the time umpteenth.